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Definition of Dominant

1. Noun. (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale.

2. Adjective. Exercising influence or control. "The dominant partner in the marriage"

3. Noun. An allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different.

4. Adjective. (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar.

5. Adjective. Most frequent or common. "Prevailing winds"

Definition of Dominant

1. a. Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power.

2. n. The fifth tone of the scale; thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.

Definition of Dominant

1. Noun. (music) The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on. ¹

2. Noun. (music) The triad built on the dominant tone. ¹

3. Adjective. Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power. ¹

4. Adjective. Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dominant

1. a controlling genetic character [n -S]

Medical Definition of Dominant

1. A gene is said to be dominant if it expresses its phenotype even in the presence of a recessive gene. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dominant

domification domifications domified domify domifying domina dominance dominance-subordination dominance hierarchy dominance measure

dominance threshold number dominances dominancies dominancy dominand dominant (current term) dominant character dominant eye dominant frequency dominant gene

dominant hemisphere dominant idea dominant inheritance dominant lethal trait dominant oncogene dominant seventh dominant seventh chord dominant seventh chords dominant species dominant trait

Literary usage of Dominant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A System of Harmony: Founded on Key Relationship, by Means of which a by Hugh Archibald Clarke, Homer Albert Norris (1903)
"A dominant seventh chord may resolve to the dominant seventh of either of the five ... Move from each inversion of the chord of the dominant seventh on G, ..."

2. Heredity and Environment in the Development of Men by Edwin Grant Conklin (1922)
"When a pure dominant is crossed with a hybrid dominant-recessive (Fig. ... of the offspring show the dominant character, though one-half are pure dominants ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"(In the loth century the term " dominant " has this meaning only in the ... Another penultimate chord asserts itself as the converse of the dominant—namely, ..."

4. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention by Religious Education Association (1907)
"HOW CAN CHRISTIAN IDEALS BE MADE dominant IN A COMMERCIAL ERA? ... It implies that where money standards prevail Christian ideals cannot be dominant and in ..."

5. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention by Religious Education Association (1907)
"HOW CAN CHRISTIAN IDEALS BE MADE dominant IN A COMMERCIAL ERA? ... It implies that where money standards prevail Christian ideals cannot be dominant and in ..."

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